CivilGrid

Head of Finance – Operations

CivilGrid

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $175,000 - $250,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Own company financials: budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting.
  • Manage external bookkeeping and tax firms; ensure accuracy and compliance.
  • Lead board-level and investor communications, producing clear and insightful reports.
  • Build forward-looking financial models to guide hiring, capital planning, and growth.
  • Manage cash flow, forecasting, and SaaS-specific revenue recognition (ASC 606).
  • Partner with leadership to set annual and quarterly goals, run QBRs, and build accountability frameworks.
  • Translate vision into achievable operating plans, adjusting quarterly as needed.
  • Develop and implement internal dashboards to track KPIs, usage metrics, and progress against goals.
  • Evaluate and implement tools/systems for financial and operational tracking (QuickBooks and beyond).
  • Oversee vendor payments, invoicing, reconciliations, and revenue operations.
  • Manage light legal work, including vendor/customer contracts, NDAs, and partnership agreements.
  • Coordinate with external legal counsel on corporate, employment, and compliance matters.
  • Ensure company policies and processes meet compliance standards.
  • Act as a strategic thought partner to the CEO and other leadership team members on business decisions.
  • Provide insights and recommendations on sales motion, hiring, and scaling strategy.
  • Serve as the connective tissue across teams, ensuring decisions are data-informed and resourced.
  • Foster a culture of operational excellence, financial discipline, and transparency.

Requirements

  • Finance-first operator with 5-10 years of experience across finance, operations, and people leadership.
  • Background in investment banking, consulting, Big 4, VC, or similar with hands-on startup finance/ops experience.
  • Understanding of accounting principles, SaaS revenue recognition, and SaaS metrics (ARR, NRR, CAC, LTV, churn, burn multiple).
  • Track record of building and managing financial models, budgets, and board-ready reporting.
  • Experience setting up and running company-wide goal-setting and accountability processes.
  • Strong systems thinker, with a point of view on tools and dashboards (QuickBooks, BI platforms, etc.).
  • Exposure to HR processes and light legal/compliance work at a startup or scaling company.
  • Comfortable rolling up your sleeves on admin and tactical tasks while thinking strategically.
  • Based in San Francisco (or willing to relocate).
Benefits
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Health insurance
  • Flexible and remote-friendly work environment
  • FSA (health and dependent care)
  • Unlimited PTO

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
budgetingforecastingvariance analysisfinancial reportingfinancial modelingSaaS revenue recognitionaccounting principlesKPI trackinggoal-settingdata-informed decision making
Soft skills
leadershipstrategic thinkingcommunicationoperational excellencetransparencycollaborationaccountabilityinsight generationproblem-solvingadaptability